William Windom

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-09-28 (89 years old)

Deathday

2012-08-16

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, United States

William Windom

Biography

William Windom was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his work on television, including several episodes of The Twilight Zone; playing the character of Glen Morley, a congressman from Minnesota like his own great-grandfather and namesake in The Farmer's Daughter; the character of John Monroe on the sitcom My World and Welcome to It, for which he won an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series; as Commodore Matt Decker, commander of the doomed U.S.S. Constellation in the Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine"; the character Randy Lane in the Emmy-nominated Night Gallery episode "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar" and perh...

Acting

1993

Sommersby

as Reverend Powell

1962

1972

1967

Hour of the Gun

as Texas Jack Vermillion

1970

1988

She's Having a Baby

as Russell Bainbridge

1971

The Mephisto Waltz

as Dr. Roger West

1968

The Detective

as Colin MacIver

1964

The Americanization of Emily

as Captain Harry Spaulding

1972

Pursuit

as Robert Phillips

1994

1984

1987

Funland

as Angus Perry

1982

Desperate Lives

as Dr. Jarvis

1976

Echoes of a Summer

as Dr. Hallet

1985

Space Rage

as Gov. Tovah

1971

Assault on the Wayne

as Capt. Frank Reardon

2016

For the Love of Spock

as Commodore Decker (archive footage)

1975

Journey from Darkness

as Dr. Cavaliere

1963

Cattle King

as Harry Travers - Sharleen's Brother

1984

Why Me?

as General

1978

Mean Dog Blues

as Victor Lacey

1991

Committed

as Dr. Quilly

1968

The Angry Breed

as Vance Patton

1971

A Taste of Evil

as Harold Jennings

1972

The Man

as Arthur Eaton

1978

1972

The New Healers

as Mr. Farrigan

1971

Escape

as Doctor Henry Walding

1972

1981

Leave 'Em Laughing

as Smiley Jenkins

1963

For Love or Money

as Sam Travis

1987

Dead Aim

as McWhorter

1989

Uncle Buck

as Mr. Hatfield (voice)

1974

The Day the Earth Moved

as Judge Tom Backsler

1964

One Man's Way

as Rev. Clifford Peale

1970

House on Greenapple Road

as Paul Durstine

1969

Operation Heartbeat

as Raymond Hanson

1987

Street Justice

as Father Burke

1971

Fools' Parade

as Roy K. Sizemore

1985

Surviving

as Dr. Madsen

1985

Prince Jack

as Ferguson

1986

There Must Be a Pony

as Lee Hertzig

1971

Marriage: Year One

as Warren Duden

1983

Last Plane Out

as James Caldwell

1981

Separate Ways

as Huey Block

1999

True Crime

as Neil the Bartender

1981

Side Show

as Byron Gage

1984

The Pigs vs. The Freaks

as Mayor Malcolm Wallwood

1978

Goodbye, Franklin High

as Clifford Armer

1968

Prescription: Murder

as Burt Gordon

1977

The Bluegrass Special

as Phil Wainwright

1969

The Gypsy Moths

as John Brandon

1978

Hunters of the Reef

as Panama Cassidy

1972

Second Chance

as Stan Petryk

1975

1976

Bridger

as Daniel Webster

1987

1984

Velvet

as Government Official

1991

Chance of a Lifetime

as Dr. Edelman

2003

Dismembered

as Captain Hart

1982

The Rules of Marriage

as George Olsen

1970

The 48-Hour Mile

as Bernard Christie

2000

2005

Yesterday's Dreams

as Herb Radford

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